Apparatus for filling bottles.



J. NIES,.

APPARATUS FOR FILLING BOTTLES.

APPLICATION IILEI) OCT. 23, 1909, v

Patented Jan. 23, 1912.

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J. NIES. APPARATUS FOR FILLING BOTTLES. APPLICATION FILED 00123, 1909.

1,015,631 Patented Jan.23, 1912.

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J. NIES.

APPARATUS FOR FILLING BOTTLES.

APPLIOATION FILED OCT. 23, 1909.

Patented Jan. 23; 1912.

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J. NIES.

APPARATUS FOR FILLING BOTTLES.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 23, 1909.

1,015,631, Patented Jan.23, 1912.

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APPARATUS FOR FILLING BOTTLES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 23,1912.

Application filed October 23, 1909. Serial No. 524,120.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JEAN NIEs, a citizen of the German Empire, residing at Karls ruhe, in the Grand Dukedom of Baden, Empire of Germany, have invented certain-new and useful Improvements in Apparatus for Filling Bottles; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to an apparatus for simultaneously filling any suitable number of bottles, more particularly those which for the purpose of receiving effervescent liquids are provided with an injecting valve in the stopper head.

The invention comprises special means for removing the air from the bottles, and inserting and automatically securing the bottles in the correct position, so that the apertures for the supply and introduction of the liquid exactly register, and also an arrangement by which each bottle, if desired, can be given any suitable addition of syrup, it being observed that only one per- .device Figs. 10

son is required for attending to the filling apparatus, even when several bottles are filed simultaneously.

The invention will now be more particularly explained in some forms of construction by way of examples in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side view; Fig. 2, a plan view; and Fig. 3, an end view of the improved bottle-filling apparatus; Fig. 4 is a vertical section on an enlarged scale of the valve for the liquid which is to be supplementarily added; Fig. 5 is a plan view of the arrangement of the bottle basket or guard; Figs. 6 and 7 are sections of the valve in the liquid supply pipe, in a closed and open condition respectively; Figs. 8 and 9 are end views in section and plan view respectively of another retaining or holding and 1.1 are side views of the means for holding the bottle.

The whole filling apparatus is arranged on a frame 1, and in the present form of construction made double, so that by means of the same operation two bottles may be filled simultaneously. The liquid to be introduced passes through pipes 2 and 3 to a shut-0E valve 4 which prevents access to the bottles. This valve 4 is kept closed by a spring 5 and has a tubular stem 6 provided with lateral openings 7, which are covered when the valve is closed (Fig. 6), but when the valve is opened allow the liquid to pass into the valve stem 6 and thence to the bottle 38 (Fig. 7 The end of the stem 6 has a head 9 with a washer disk 8, which when the valve is open bears firmly against the mouth of the bottle (Fig. 7

The liquid to be added is forced by a pump 10 through a pipe 11 to a valve casing 12, which is in communication with the pipe 3 and with the valve chamber 16 of the valve 4 by means of a passage 15 (Fig. 4). In this casing 12 a non-return valve 13 is provided, which under the pressure of a spring 14 closes the admission pipe 11.

A valve 17 is provided for removing the air from the pipes and bottle, the casing 18 of which valve is carried by the valve stem 6 and has a passage 19 connecting therewith, through which the air can escape when the valve is opened. The valve 17 is acted on by a spring 20 and is provided above with a projecting head 21 with lateral apertures 210 (Figs. 6 and 7). These lateral apertures 210 in the projecting head 21, do not extend the full length of the head, and the air does not escape at the top of the head, but through the lateral opening 180 of the case 18.

A device for holding the bottle is also provided,- opening and closing the basket or guard for the bottle (Figs. 13 and 5). r

The holding device consists of a lever 23 (Fig. 1) mounted on the carriage 22 of the apparatus, the inner end 24 of which lever is provided with a nose, while the front end 25 serves as handle. The end 24 when the bottle is being filled engages behind a projection 26 ofthe frame 1 and thereby holds theapparatus in a closed position, that is to say the bottle 38 is pressed against the valve stem 6. The part of the lever 23 which has the handle 25 is preferably provided with a weight 27 or the like, in order to constantly press the hook 24 upward, so that an automatic engagement can take place.

The device for opening and closing the protective basket 28 isarranged as follows: The baskets or guards 28 are preferably made of wire netting and each turns on a spindle 30 on which a spring 29 acts. A suitable wheel 31 is mounted on the spindle and a device for automatically.

30, around which wheel a chain 32 or other tractional member passes, one end of which chain is attached to the wheel '31 mounted on the spindle 30, while the other end is connected with a member 33 which moves with the carriage 22. The basket 28 is thereby automatically opened on the return of the carriage 22. The carriage 22 (Fig. 2) is also carried by means of guide bars 34 in a bearing 35- on the frame 1.

For operating the entire machine a hand lever 36 is provided on which a spring 55 acts. The carriage 22 is connected by a link 37 with this hand lever 36, so that when the hand lever 36 is operated, the carriage 22 is moved forward or backward. The member 33 with which the tractional device 32 is connected, is however also displaced with the carriage 22, and thereby when the lever 36 is pulled back the basket 28 is opened, while when the carriage 22 moves forward, the basket 28 is closed by the action of the spring 29.

The. carriage 22 serves for holding the bottles and for pressing them on the head 9 of the valve stem 6-. For receiving the mouth of the bottle 39 the carriage 22 has suitable jaws 40 which are provided with suitable recesses 41. The bottle valve must now also be opened. For this object plungers 42 are provided which are mounted on a lever 43 pivoted on a pin 44 and is also operated from the hand lever 36. For this obj'ectthe plungers 42 are connected by a link 46 with the hand lever 36, a springy pressure being exerted by the provision of a spring 45. The opening of the air escape valve 17. is also effected by the hand lever 36 by the heads 21 being depressed by means of fingers 54 which are mounted on the axle of the handle and when the hand lever 36 is pulled down, open the air escape valves 17.

Instead of the construction of the arrangement 40,41, for retaining or holding fast the bottles 38 shown in Figs. 6 and 7 a movable one may also be employed (Figs. 8-11). In this form of construction, a movable tongue 56 is provided foreach bottle filling device for inserting the bottle 38 in the displaceable retaining device 22, which tongue is pivotal on pins 57 and is-retained in a given position by a helical spring '58. In order to insert the bottle, which must be held in an inclined position (Fig. 10), the tongue 56 is turned laterally whereupon the bottle rests in front with its flange 59 on a projection '60 of the retaining device 22, while at the :rear it rests with its projecting head 53 on the tongue 56, which is pressed back again by its spring 58 when the bottle is in th'e'correct vertical position (Fig. '11). In this way the bottle is automatically held fast. In order that the inlet aperture in the part 53 of the bottle 38 may exactly coincide with the outlet aperture in the washer exactly fits (Figs. 8 and 11).

The working of the apparatus is as follows: Then the bottles 38 are supported in the jaws 40 of the carriage 22, the hand lever 36 is pulled forward against the action of its spring 55. .The carriage 22 is thereby pushed forward and the protective basket 28 closed. The mouth 53 of the bottle head 39 simultaneously rests against the opening 7 in the washer disk 8 of the valve head 9, so that when the hand lever 36 is further pulled over, the carriage 22 and bottle 38 are pushed forward, that is to say the valve 4 is 1,

opened. The liquid entering through the pipes 2 and 3 can then enter the bottle 38 through the apertures 7. and stem 6 (Fig. 7). When the bottle is sufficiently filled with this liquid, 'thehandlever 36 is moved 7 further forward, so that the valve 4 bears against the mouth of the pipe 3 and shuts off the liquid. For like into the bottle, the pump 10 is set in operation by means of the .lever 48, the amount of the syrup injected being regulated by a previously adjusted stop or contact 51 and the added liquid isv forced into the pipe 11. The valve 13 is then depressed and the syrup flows through the passage 15 pumping syrup or the j and the apertures 7 into the bottle 38. The

air escape valve 17 is then opened by the lever 36 by means 'of the finger 54 and an escape of air can then take place. When the bottles 38 are filled in this way, the handle 25 is pulled up, wherebythe hooked end 24 loses its hold. The spring 55 consequently pulls backthe hand lever 36, and the latter pushes the carriage .22 backinto its original position, while the closing valve 4 again shuts'ofl the liquid and the carriage V 22 opens the basket 28, whereupon the filled bottles 38 maybe removed. I

In order to enable the quantity of the addjed liquidto 'be exactly determined the pump lever 48 provided with a handle 47 is carried in bars 49, which may be provided with a 'measuringscale 50 along which the stop 51 may be adjusted, which limitsthe movement of the pump lever 48 and only allows the desired quantity of syrup to be introduced into the bottle 38 (Figs. 1 and 2). A cock 52 is also provided on the valve casing 12 which may serve for salnpling and letting off the added liquid from the valve casing 12 a The syrup is forced into the bottle by means of the pump lever 48 of the pump 10. If'the pressure of the pump is effected strong enough, it opensjthe valves 13 and pushesawa'y the liquid in the channels 15, 3, 2, (Figs. 4, 6). Thesyrup enters therefore, the bottle and presses the air within the bottle as well as the liquid. Before pumping the syrup a part of the air may escape from the bottle by opening the snifting valve in order that the pressure within the bottle does not become too high.

For filling little bottles the snifting valve must not be opened before the bottle is filled, if the pressure of the liquid is strong enough for pressing the air in the bottle. For filling great bottles however, the snifting valve may be opened during or after the filling.

I declare that what I claim is 1. An apparatus for filling bottles, including a framework, supply pipes for the liquid, valves for said pipes, a basket or guard for the bottles, a carriage supporting said bottles, means comprising a single lever for moving the carriage by successive steps to close the basket or guard, and automatically operate the various parts of the filling apparatus proper.

2. An apparatus for filling bottles, including a frame work, supply pipes for the liquid, valves for said pipes, a basket or iard for the bottles, a carriage support-ing said bottles, means comprising a single lever for moving the carriage by successive steps to close the basket or guard, and automatically operate the various parts of the filling apparatus proper, and a syrup pump mounted on the frame, with a lever for operating it.

3. An apparatus for filling bottles, including a framework, supply pipes for the liquid, valves for said pipes, and a carriage supporting said bottles, and a hand lever with link connections to the carriage, said bottles being connected with the supply pipes when the hand lever is pulled over.

4. In the herein described apparatus, the combination with a movable carriage, a framework, a protective basket, the two parts of which are pivoted on vertical axes with springs to keep the same normally open, of links connecting the same with the carriage, whereby said basket is closed automatically on the movement of the carriage in one direction, and automatically opened on the return of the carriage.

5. In an apparatus of the character described, having a bottle carriage and a filling device against which the carriage moves the bottles, and a hand lever for operating the carriage, an air discharge valve provided with an outwardly projecting head, and said hand lever having a finger adapted in the movement of the hand lever to engage the head of the valve and thereby open it.

In testimony whereof I affix my signa ture, in presence of two witnesses.

JEAN NIES.

Witnesses AUGUST B. DRANTZ, HERMANN Horrr'i.

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